Imaging telescopes or lenses: TEC-140
Imaging cameras: QSI 690 WSG-8
Mounts: 10 Micron GM2000 HPS II UP
Guiding telescopes or lenses: TEC-140
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Focal reducers: TEC Field Flattener
Software: Sequence Generator Pro · Adobe Photoshop 6 CS · Open PHD PHD 2.5 · Pixinsight 1.8
Dates:Oct. 24, 2019
Frames:
Ha 3nm: 30x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon OIII 3nm: 30x1200" bin 1x1
Astrodon SII 3nm: 30x1200" bin 1x1
Integration: 30.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 25.37 days
Avg. Moon phase: 18.33%
Astrometry.net job: 3011163
RA center: 0h 52' 57"
DEC center: +56° 39' 7"
Pixel scale: 0.743 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.030 degrees
Field radius: 0.443 degrees
Resolution: 3349x2688
Locations: E-EyE, Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: e-EyE Extremadura
NGC 281 is an 80 light-year diameter dust cloud some 10,000 light years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia. The nebula was discovered by EE Barnard in August 1883.
Contained within the cloud is the open cluster IC 1590.
NGC 281 contains a number of dark globules within which (it is believed) new stars are forming. These are named Bok Globules after the Dutch-American astronomer – Bart Bok who first described these in the 1940s.
The Pacman Nebula was photographed between 30 September and 24 October 2019 from a remote imaging rig that is jointly owned and operated by Barry Wilson and me.
Capture details are as follows:
Telescope: TEC 140
Camera: QSI 690
Filters: Astrodon
Mount: 10 Micron GM2000HPS
SII: 30 x 1200s
Ha: 30 x 1200s
OIII: 30 x 1200s
A total of 30 hours exposure.
Data: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson
Processing: Steve Milne
Description: I wanted a bit more galangal, whilst cutting back on the pandan just a little.
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